TCL’s retro Alcatel flip phones include Google’s apps and voice assistant

TCL’s two new Alcatel flip phones, the Go Flip 3 and the SmartFlip, look old-fashioned with their retro clamshell designs, but the two devices include an array of modern apps and services and can connect to 4G networks. Thanks to their use of the KaiOS operating system, they include YouTube, Google Maps, Google search, and even Google Assistant. You can use the voice assistant to complete a variety of actions including dictating messages, making calls, and opening apps.

Of course, you’ll be doing all this on a pretty limited piece of hardware, although that’s probably what you’re looking for if you’re buying a feature phone like these. The main display is just 2.8-inches in size, and the phone has 4GB of built-in storage, which is…

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